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On Thursday, I stopped by EmBee to pick up the mail. I was kind of excited, due in no small part to the fact that I glossed right over those three envelopes from American Family that would later turn out to be bills for insurance premiums. Yep. Those future lottery-winnings-suckers didn't even register. All I had eyes for was an oversize postcard mailer thingy from River Bend Casino. It's one of the seven establishments that my sister the ex-mayor's wife and the ex-mayor and Hick and I patronized during Casinopalooza.
Yes, that whole mile of thumping along the gravel road, my 44 oz Diet Coke sloshing like my left knee after a long-ago injection with radioactive dye during a lab test before MRIs were popular for detecting soft-tissue injuries, I was reminiscing about the good time I had during Casinopalooza. How I prefer those Oklahoma casinos, with their red-screen bonus VGT games to the IGT games in Missouri casinos.
Yep. My thoughts drifted to the upcoming Casinopalooza 2 planned for mid-May. I was pleasantly reminiscing as I turned T-Hoe into the long, long driveway. I absentmindedly punched the radio over a couple of stations, looking for a better song. I stopped on Prime Country, my old standby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWVdKv4-CEg
It was David Frizzell and Shelly West, singing "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma." With the chorus of "You're the reason God made Oklahoma, and I'm sure missing you."
Pretty sure the Feds have developed a way to read minds through On-Star or Sirius XM.
I guess we should all start to worry if I develop a habit of tuning in to Shelly West singing "Jose Cuervo."
River Bend Casino. I haven't heard of that one. Most of Oregon's casinos have slots that no longer clang out the sound of falling coins. I miss that.
ReplyDeleteRiver Bend is not exactly a chain. And it DID just change its name.
DeleteNone of them actually have the falling coins any more, but at least some still have the sound effect! I do NOT like the newest ploy of using credit on a player's card. It was bad enough when they went to the ticket system. I'll resist as long as I can.
Val--Well, that trip will give you fodder for at least 3 or 4 posts...
ReplyDeleteI'm SURE! Which doesn't exactly mean it will be a GOOD thing...
DeleteMy Sirius radio stopped working two years ago...I miss me some Howard Stern.
ReplyDeleteIf that happened in T-Hoe, it would mean that I didn't get the bill in the mail, so I didn't pay it. I refuse to do the monthly billing on my credit card. I make them send me a paper statement that I pay once a year.
DeleteWe have Alexa in the office to entertain us with musical requests and I was recently informed that Alexa listens to every word we say. I thought about it and decided that would be a good thing if we were being robbed. I wonder if she would contact the sherrif?
ReplyDeleteI've heard that about Alexa! I would never invite her into my home!
DeleteI bet she would call the sheriff for you if you TOLD her to. Meanwhile, the robber would be looking around for Alexa, wondering who to point his gun at.